RE: 3p4 Oct 2024 07:22
There certainly seems a few reoccurring themes that the doom and gloom merchants seem to cling to for reinforcing their negativity. Let's tackle the first one. Directors buying shares.
If directors of a company are buying shares in their own company, it can generally be seen as a positive sign. After all, they wouldn’t be buying if they were not confident right?
But to state the obvious, it is by no means a guarantee that the company is doing well and will prosper.
There’s no shortage of companies that have gone bust despite directors buying. For example, Openpay (ASX:OPY) went bust less than 2 years after then directors Yaniv Meydan and Michael Eidel bought $4m and $200,000 respectively at over $2 per share. There was a ‘step-change in business performance’ and the company ended up in the hands of the receivers.
Personally I would place more confidence in the fact that a well trained geologist such as Brad describes the Colombian asset as a once in a lifetime find opposed to him buying say £100000 worth of shares. We must also remember that Brad has been subject to extensive blackout periods where he could not have bought anyway and I certainly would not expect him to have bought during the lengthy C and M period.
With any director there is always an element of greed and we know Brad is putting his kids through college so if you were in that position then would you dig into your own funds to acquire a few million shares or wait will you were given the same share options further down the line for free?
If the asset is as good as Brad believes then him buying shares or not won't matter a jot when things are looking more positive.